State v. Brash

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

The defendants, Allen M. Brash and Eugene S. Fountaine, were convicted after a trial by jury in the Superior Court of conspiracy to commit murder. They are now before this court appealing the judgments of conviction. Brash also appeals his conviction of possession of a firearm after previous conviction of a violent crime. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Indictment No. 81-2312 contained four counts. Count 1 charged Robert Farrell, Eugene Fountaine, Allen Brash, and William Salisbury with the April 12, 1981 murder of James Heaney in Scituate, Rhode Island. Count 2…